diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.r5/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/r5/terminologies/CodeSystemUtilities.java b/org.hl7.fhir.r5/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/r5/terminologies/CodeSystemUtilities.java
index 9de226f72..5482a2645 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.r5/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/r5/terminologies/CodeSystemUtilities.java
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.r5/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/r5/terminologies/CodeSystemUtilities.java
@@ -282,6 +282,16 @@ public class CodeSystemUtilities {
     return cs;
   }
 
+  public static boolean makeCSShareable(CodeSystem cs) {
+    if (!cs.hasMeta())
+      cs.setMeta(new Meta());
+    for (UriType t : cs.getMeta().getProfile()) 
+      if (t.getValue().equals("http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem"))
+        return false;
+    cs.getMeta().getProfile().add(new CanonicalType("http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem"));
+    return true;
+  }
+
   public static void setOID(CodeSystem cs, String oid) {
     if (!oid.startsWith("urn:oid:"))
        oid = "urn:oid:" + oid;
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.r5/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/r5/terminologies/ValueSetUtilities.java b/org.hl7.fhir.r5/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/r5/terminologies/ValueSetUtilities.java
index 1fb3bb354..ae0f24f9e 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.r5/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/r5/terminologies/ValueSetUtilities.java
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.r5/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/r5/terminologies/ValueSetUtilities.java
@@ -57,6 +57,16 @@ public class ValueSetUtilities {
     return vs;
   }
 
+  public static boolean makeVSShareable(ValueSet vs) {
+    if (!vs.hasMeta())
+      vs.setMeta(new Meta());
+    for (UriType t : vs.getMeta().getProfile()) 
+      if (t.getValue().equals("http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablevalueset"))
+        return false;
+    vs.getMeta().getProfile().add(new CanonicalType("http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablevalueset"));
+    return true;
+  }
+
   public static void checkShareable(ValueSet vs) {
     if (!vs.hasMeta())
       throw new Error("ValueSet "+vs.getUrl()+" is not shareable");